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If an object is negatively charged, it has an excess _____

Electron

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If an object has a positive charge, it has an excess _____

Proton

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3

Like Charges ______ each other

Repel

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4

Opposite Charges ______ each other

Attract

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5

Objects in which electrons can move freely are _______

Conductors

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6

Objects in which an electron cannot move are called ________

Insulators

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7

When you neutralize a charge, it is called..

Grounding

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8

What form of Charging is this? Touching the object with a charged one, the object is then charged with the same charge.

Conduction

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What form of charging is this? Two objects rub together, they gain opposite charges.

Friction

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10

What type of charging is this? Bringing a charged object close but not touching another object, then grounding the object and removing the charged object.

Induction

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11

What is a force feild?

A space for forces to be exerted throughout

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12

What is an electric feild?

Forces being acted on each other without direct contact

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13

On an electric field diagram, A proton is placed. Which way do the arrows point?

Outward/Out/Away

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14

On an electric field diagram, A electron is placed. Which way do the arrows point?

Inward/In/Toward

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15

Stronger charges have a _____ proportion of field lines

Higher

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16

Stronger regions of the felid will make the field lines more ______

Concentrated/Close Together

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17

The electric feild inside a conductor is _____

ZERO

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18

Electric potential Energy can be defined as

What does the charge normally do?

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19

Electric Potential can be described as ____

Where is it?

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20

Electric potential increases when it is _____

Closer to a positive charge

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21

Electric potential Energy Decreases when _____

It is going the way it wants to (Protons to Electrons, Electrons to Protons)

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22

What Charges move from HIGH to LOW potential?

Positive

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23

What Charges move from LOW to HIGH potential

Negative Charges

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24

At any two points on the same Equipotential Line are..

The Exact Same Charge

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